: allowing no middle ground between success and failure
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This particular part of this year's Tour de France could be a make-or-break stage for the cyclists at the top.—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 July 2025 What Happens When Scale Meets Scrutiny As compounders scale across B2B (hospitals) and B2C (telehealth), regulatory compliance becomes make-or-break.—Sindhya Valloppillil, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025 For Palencia, this season probably represented a make-or-break year in Chicago.—Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 8 July 2025 Analysts say this is a make-or-break moment for Southeast Asian trade diplomacy.—Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 8 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for make-or-break
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